It was an historic night for Georgia Democrats last Tuesday evening. They won seemingly every single state-wide office in Georgia in the November 3 General Election. The democrats were also able to win enough seats across the state to take control of the Georgia House of Representatives. The only seemingly good news for Georgia Republicans, if you can call it that, they were able to hold a slim margin in the Georgia Senate by maybe a couple seats.
The big winner of the night was Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms. Bottoms defeated Republican Rick Jackson and is now slated to become the first black female Governor of Georgia.
Other democrats to win state office were Lieutenant Governor Josh McLaurin, Secretary of State Penny Brown Reynolds, Attorney General Tanya Miller, Agriculture Commissioner Katherine E. Juhan-Arnold, Insurance Commissioner Keisha Sean Waites, State School Superintendent Lydia Powell, Labor Commissioner Nikki Porcher, Public Service Commissioner – District 3 Peter Hubbard and Public Service Commissioners – District 5 Sheila Edwards.
In the U.S. Senate race between Incumbent Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Mike Collins, Ossoff was able to retain his position.
There was also a lot of change in control across much of the country as the balance of power shifted to the democrats. In the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, democrats gained enough seats, in both, to gain a majority.
On the local level, there were 6,224 ballots cast out of 12,026 registered voters. This was a 51.75% turnout. Appling’s turnout was comparable to the majority of counties across the state. Oconee County had a 70% turnout. The lowest turnout appeared to be Chattahoochee County with just 30%. However, most counties were in the 40-60% range across the state.
In every race in Appling County, republican candidates won soundly.
On the regional basis, Republican Jim Kingston was able to hold off Democrat Amanda Hollowell to win the U.S. Representative – District 1 race. Republican David Sikes defeated Democrat Joshua Wilkerson to win the Georgia Senate – District 19 race. Republican Bradley Anderson defeated Democrat Micah King to win the State Representative – District 157 seat. Republican Incumbent Steven Meeks defeated Democrat Barry Dunham to hold the District 178 seat.
For complete Appling County results, visit https://results.sos.ga.gov/results/public/appling-county-ga/elections/11032026GeneralAndSpecialElection.
For complete state results, visit https://results.sos.ga.gov/results/public/Georgia/elections/11032026GeneralAndSpecialElection.
